Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-02-15


large amount of coupons for compensation
The commonwealth then asked for insrnc
tons affirming the liability of the defendant
to prosecution under the general License
| law as broker The defeuce asked an in
struction declaring that any law requiring q
| license for the sale OF tax receivable coupons
was an impairment of the obligation of the
contract aud void Refusing TO grant all
the instructions, the Court held that Mr.
Lucas was indicted under the wrong sec
tons Of the law, and should have been in
dicted under the act of 1SS5-'S6, fixing a
special Tax upon all persons selling coupons,
| that act hnYing been lately declared const-
tu,ional by the Court of Appeals. 1t
WAS argued that there were two offences
under the license law. but the Court held as
above. Thereupon the special grand jury
reindicted Mr.. Lucas under the law requir-
ing special license Of $1,000 and 20 per
cent. upon the face value of the coupons
sold by him. and the case was continued
ua!il Friday.
KNIGHTS OF PyTHIAs.-The Grand Lodge,
Knights of Pytbias, of Virginia, will meet in
Fredericksburg this evening. p. s. G.
Chancellor, and founder of the order, Justus
II. Rathbone, Samuel H. Lunt, representa-
tive DR.. A F. Cox, G. 0. g. Of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia Past Chancelors, Major
| Geo Dufley, W. II. Smith, Julian w. Holt.
and Leonard Mavbury, D. D. G. c. Fred.
Schawb, and P. G. c. Geo. l.. Simpson, and
others of Oriental Lodge, No. 6, and Geo.
Z. Deeton, representative, and *. Kemper,
p. c. of Mechanics Lodge, No. 3, of this
city, and P g. G. John H. Alexander. p. c.
r. H. Tebbs and W. E. Garrett of Ketoctin
Lodge, No 80, of Leesburg, and P. c., ].
NJ. Hammerly, of Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No.
50, Loudoun county, left here at $50
p. m., for Fredericksburg to attend the
Grand Lodge there. P. S. G. c., Justus 81.
Rathbone, will deliver q lecture at the Ope-
"a House in Fredericksburg tonight. The
representative from Oriental Lodge of this
city is Instructed to invite the Grand Lodge
to hold their next session in this city.
PERsoNAL.-Mrs. and Miss Malone start
for Europe early in the spring and purpose
Malone will take an extended musical
course. Miss Malone, who speaks German
and French lluently, has fair knowledge
of Spanish and during her stay in Italy
this time wishes to perfect herselfin Italian.
Mrs Margaret j. Preston, the Southern
author and poet, now residing at Winches-
ter, has q serious affection ofthe eyes, which
compes her TO use on amanuensis in her lit.
erery work.
A letter received here from Rome N Y, says
that Mr. Samuel II. Janney. Of this city, who is
there under treatment for cancer, is in critical
condition, and his friends who are with him en-
terrain but slight hopes of his recovery.
The condition of Mrs. Valentine Baker, who
YVES paralyzed at her home in Fairfax county on
Saturday night last, had not changed to-day, and
she is considered dangerously ill.
THE MARYLAND FERRY BoAT.--Propo.
sails have recently been made by parties in
Georgetown to purchase the steamer Vir-
glnia, which plies between this city and the
Maryland shore opposite, for the purpose ct
making Of her ferry boat at the aqueduGt
bridge during the repairs to that structure,
and in order to facilitate trade between
Georgetown and the Virginia shore. The
question has been submitted to the directors
of thu Maryland Ferry Company, but no
action was taken, and it is hoped that they
will think twics before doing anything that
will in tho least tend to hinder communioa
ton by the river with our opposite neigh
bors, whose trade was once so Important to
the commercial prosperity of this city, and
which should be assiduously cultivated
again.
RUN OvER.-Ye sterday Howard Jackson,
a seventeen. year-old colored youth, accom-
panied by two companions, left this city on
q tramp. When they reached trestle near
Clifton station, on the Y. NJ. railway, the
soulhbound Louisville express train over
took them, when Jackson's companions
jumped from the bridge. Jackson was
caught by the engine, run over and had
both of his legs crushed below the knees,
besides sustaining other injuries. He was
picked up and brought back to this city on
the first train coming this way, and taken
to the Infrmary, where he was attended by
Drs. O'Bren and Powell, but his injuries
were OF such a serious nature that he died
about 10 o'clock last night. He lived near
Hunting Creek
CORPORATION CoURT-Judge n B. Meade
presidinq.-B. ]. Watkins was appointed
trustee of the NJ. E. Church South, in place Of
VIM. Davis, deceased.
Commonwealth VS.. r. T. Lucas, indictment for
selling coupons without license jury and YER
dict of not guilty, Appeal noted on the part OF
the Commonwealth. :, Ut,
Green as foreman, and to the indictment against
T Lucas, for selling coupons without the special
$1,000 license as required under the law oil
1856, returned true bill and were discharged.
The case was set for trial on Friday next.
Court adjourned till tomorrow morning at lo
o'clock.
PROPERTY SALE.-The two brick ware.
houses on the east side of Union street, be-
tween King and Prince, were sold to-day
by Mr. r. T. Lucas, for Col. A. Herbert, for
50 sos.
Mr.. E. E. Meredith, receiver, in this city
to- day, at public auction, rented Freestone
fishing shore, situated in Prince William
county, to Mr.. W. E. Stuart, for S1O5. a
few years since this was considered one OF
the best fishing shores on the river, and
rented for $500 annually.
FIGHT AT ROUND RILL.-A man by the
name of Vented, night Waterman at
Round Hill depot, in Loudoun county. made
an attack with poker upon Hugh Crockett,
brakemen on the Washington, Ohio and
Western railroad, Sunday, cutting an ugly
tod